The Florida Highway Patrol says a third person has died after an accident in the 9400 block of State Road A1A in St. Lucie County late Friday night.

Eric Martin, 21, died after being transferred to Lawnwood Regional Medical.

Tyrone Lee Wilford, 22, and Willie Lewis, 21, died at the scene.

All three men were from Fort Pierce.

Original story:

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Two Fort Pierce men are dead and one is critically injured after sliding off a wet road and crashing into two trees late Friday night, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Tyrone Wilford, 22, and an unidentified 21-year-old man — the driver — were pronounced dead on the scene. A third passenger, an unidentified 21-year-old man, was taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute, according to the report.

The three men were driving north on State Road A1A at about 11:45 p.m. when the driver lost control of the vehicle on the wet roadway in the 9400 block, according to the report. The car rotated, ran across the southbound lane and hit two trees on the side of the road.

None of the men were wearing seat belts, according to the report.

Wilford and the driver were pronounced dead at the scene, while the other man was described in the report as having "incapacitating injuries."

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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